Shipping-tag.



G. RIGHBERGER.

SHIPPING TAG. APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 190e.

Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

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GEORGE lRClCI-IBERGER,

OF llIEltIE-IIS,"LENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO H. E, WINTEBTON, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

SHIPPING-TAG.

' 1o all whom 'it 'may concern.'

Be it known that l, Gannon llicumcnona, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county ot Shelby and State ot Tennessee, have invented certain new and and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as will enable others. skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and nso the same.

This invention relates to improvements in tags, and particularly to cotton bale'tags, and has tor zin-object the arrangement ot' means which will cause a sutticientpart ot the tag to remain upon the bale for identif ication regardless of the rough usage the bale may pass through.

Another object ot' the invention is the arrangement of a tag having a plurality of members, one ot' which is formed with means for holding the same in a bale of cotton when placed therein, and the other of which is held in place by a connect-ing member attached to the tirst mentioned member.

A still further object of the invention is the varrangement of an identitication tag arranged in duplicate andiconnected with a wire or cord or the like, one ot' the members being formed with a thickened or enlarged double tianged end, the' member having the tag embodying the invention. Fig. 3 is an edge View of the structure shown in lt ig. 2. lfig. at is an edge view of a slightly modified forni of tag.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 indicates a bale of cotton or other material, to which is connected the tag embodying 'the invention. The tag is formed in duplicate, one member or partl being formed with. an enlarged T-shaped end t, and the other part Specification. of Letters Patent. Pgtgntgcd; Sgpt, 5 1910, Application fnefi May 15, -1909. serial No. 496,093.

5 being formed ot' tlat material of any desired kind, as foi-,instance tin, sheet iron, leather, or paper. Connected tothe part 3, which may also be constructed ot` tin or the like is a wire or cord ot' any desired kind 6, which is also connected to part 5. Parts 3 and 5 are designed to contain the same information so that after part El *has been placed in the bale, either during the time that it is being packed or itterward as shown in Fig. l., part will be lett hanging outside ot the bale and tree or inspection. Ordinarily the part 5 oi the tag will remain with the bale 'for properidentification, but if through any cause, as tor instance rough usage, part 5 should be ltorn loose or removed, part 3 will remain inthe interior ot 'the bale, and when it is desired to positively identify the bale, part may be removed. By the construction of the enlargement lpart 3 can not be readily removed, except by opening .the bale.

In FignJf will be seen a slightly moditied form of the invention, in which part El is beveled from one end 'to the other' so as to forni a thickened end l. This form ot' member may be used it desired. and is preterably formed of metal. Secured to part il' is a connecting member (3', as tor instance lwire, to which is secured an outer 'duplicate tag f5 containing the same information as tag or part 3.

lt will be observed that as the device is made in duplicate and attached together, as for instance by wire, and one ot the parts of the tag is inserted in the body ot the bale before packing or during the process of packing, and theother permitted to hang outside, the bale may be easily identified and may be sure of identitication even in the event of all outside marks being obliterated. This arrangement ot tag will also pi-cvent fraudulent packing, as well `as substitution of bales, as any substitution will be immedi-y ately detected and any fraudulent parking will also be detected ras both tags or parts are provided with identical information, which may be of any character, as Vl'or instance the name of the packer.

lVhat I claim is:

A structure of the character described comprising a pair ot' bale tie tags having duplicate records marked thereon, non-resilient', flexible means permanentlv uniting Sad tags t0 Space the 'tagS 3PM? SO that 011C teg being adapted 11o depend froni 'ille side w of them may depend from the other, and one of the bale, snbstuntmlly :1s spemi'ed.

of said tags having on one edge' :l double In testimony whereof I n'ix my signature flange Wlnch extends entn'ely morose and 1n presence of two wltnessee. away from the opposite sides 01- sad edge7 WF w w 1 4 ILHBII. lul., sald mg and lts anges adapted to be 1n- (I O (JL C A I serted in the Contents of the ba1e-When the -Wltnesses: same 1S belng packed so that the Hanges Mum VELCH,

thereof will be embedded dxkeie'gin the other A T. K. KIRK. 

